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1. a) natural
b) resident c)
2. think
b) regard
c)
3. a) give
b) take
d) bring
4. a) that
b) what
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5. a) as
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6. a) others
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7. a) plenty
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consider d) judge
c) offer
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similar
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individuals
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many
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shows
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Talking Animals
Books, films and cartoons are full of talking animals.
Then, of course, the loving owners of dogs, cats and horses
insist that their pets communicate just as well as any human
being can. But what do scientists have to say (1)
__________ talking animals? Well, as you might (2)
______________ , chimpanzees and gorillas have been
closely studied in this regard since they are our closest
relatives in the animal world (98% of the genes of
chimpanzees and humans are the same!) Indeed some
chimpanzees, can learn sign language, a language based on
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Roman fever
Read the text on malaria below and think of the word that
best fits each space. Use only one word in each space.
Ferocious Ferrets?
The ferret is a member of the weasel family, which also
includes animals such as the otter, the skunk, the mink and
the badger. However, the ferret is not a wild animal.
It was probably domesticated (1) __________________ than
2,500 years ago, even before the cat. Scientists believe (2)
_______________domestic ferrets are descendants of the
European polecat, (3) ________________still lives in some
Lady Macbeth
For questions 1-10, read the text below and think of the
word which best fits each space. Use only one word in
each space. There is an example at the beginning (0).
class.
The governess, then, was a paid servant to the family, (5)
________________ she was above the social class of the
other servants. So, she lived a very lonely and isolated
existence. In addition, the other servants and the children
themselves also realized that they (6) _________________
treat the governess badly if they wanted.
The pay was very low. (7) _____________________
Charlotte Bront worked as governess, she only got 20 a
year (her fathers income of 200 per year was considered
very low). But many other governesses (8)
________________ given room and board with no pay at all.
Also, Charlotte did not (9) _______________ any free time
for herself: when she finished with the children, her employer
had her sew all evening. The hard work, the psychological
cruelty and low salary (10) __________________ that many
governesses ended their lives poor and mentally ill.
Fortunately, the hard life of the 20,000 governesses in
England was discussed in public. This was in part (11)
__________________ of novels like Jane Eyre. The
Governesses Benevolent Association was founded in 1841.
This was a first step (12) ________________ improving the
lives of these women. But even more important was the
founding of the Queens College in London. (13)
____________ was the first school to provide an education
and qualifications for female teachers.
Gothic literature
Read the text about Gothic literature below and think of
the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in
each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Word formation.
Read the text below. Use the word given in brackets to fill
in the gaps. There is an example at the beginning (0).
The Pincio
Read this adaptation of Henry Jamess description of the
Pincio from his book Italian Hours. Use the word in
brackets to form a word that fits in the space.
For the last few days I have spent a couple of hours in the sun
of the Pincio.
The weather was perfect, and the
crowd_________________ (particular) today, was
incredible. Everybody was staring and friendly. All
the________________ (noble) and half of the
_____________(foreign) were there in their carriages, and
the middle classes were on the ground staring at them.
The great ______________(differ) between public places in
A patient came into their class and he asked the man some
questions. The man answered yes to all of them and went
away in__________________ (amaze).Why? Because their
professor had______________ (correct) guessed the mans
job, his regiment, where he had been in the army, and that he
had only just arrived in England. He then____________
(explain) how he had come to his________________
(conclude).
The man had good manners, but he did not take off his hat. A
man does not____________ (usual)do this in the army, so
he had not been out of the army long enough to remember to
take it off. He was still_____________ (suntan) and
his______________ (ill) is_____________ (common) found
among soldiers in the West Indies. The Scottish soldiers there
are in the Highlander Regiment, based in Barbados.
Elementary, my dear students!
Despite the effects of the war, bird life has been quite
undisturbed. Rats and mice have mobilised and barn owls
have followed them, but it is_______________ (POSSIBLE) to
say if the barn owls will be successful or not in controlling the
mice_________________ (FORTUNATE), there are always
enough mice to populate the trenches and run over your face
while you sleep.
Barn owls generally stay in _____________ (INHABIT)
buildings, and because thousands of people have moved
away, there are now entire streets full of empty houses
available for barn owls. But, apart from the increase in mice
and places for barn owls, bird life in the northern French
countryside, has been quite_______________ (AFFECT).
You would expect large flocks of crows and rooks near the
fighting line, but these flocks are
practically_____________ (EXIST). The obvious explanation
is that the crows are frightened by the sound of the
explosions, but this explanation
is_____________ (CORRECT). Normally rooks are very afraid
of the sound of guns, but I have seen rooks peacefully looking
for food in the ruins of a village with explosions all around
them.
According to Russian naturalists, the war has had a greater
effect on birds on the Eastern Front. They say that during the
first year of the war rooks_______________ (APPEAR) and
skylarks stopped singing in the fields.
Here on the Western Front though, skylarks have not left
these dangerous fields. One early morning, when nothing
seemed to be alive, a skylark flew high up in the sky to sing
its song of joy. To me though, its song seemed forced
and____________ (SINCERE). I thought that it
was__________________ (CONCEIVE) that the skylarks had
nests in these desolate battlefield. However, I discovered a
nest with young larks in it. Two of them had been hit by
something and were in bad condition, but the survivors were
as peaceful and comfortable as the average nestling. from
Birds on the Western Front.
TRANSFORMATIONS
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Third Conditional
Turn these sentences into Third Conditional sentences
with a similar meaning. Dont use contracted verb forms.
they
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LISTENING
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die.